Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Over 5 years ago we released a slow-burning label
sampler at midnight on my birthday. The original pressing was a demo CDR that Ida
No colored with markers & glued cutouts of my hand spraypainting our names
on the world. It was supposed to be a limited edition of 237 copies meant for
the merch tables of Texas & California. It exploded overnight. 77 minutes
of analog electronic music mutating through Italo Disco, Krautrock, Electro,
Giallo Cinema, & Pop. By now, After Dark seems like it's in its thousandth
pressing...(we lost track a long time ago). And as we prepare for the release
of After Dark 2, we wanted to share with you where it all began. The last 5
years seem like a beautiful blurry dream. Since the October 15th release date
was announced back in July, everyone has grown increasingly anxious for the
hard copy. At that time, we didn't know Karl Lagerfeld was going to commission
Chromatics to choreograph 27 minutes of music for the Chanel runway. We also
couldn't have known that Symmetry was going to be asked to score a top-secret
motion picture for 2013. There is so much music we can't
wait for you to hear. For the diehard fans, we're going to start leaking tracks
next week. After slowly chiseling away at it since the spring of 2008, After
Dark 2 is finally right around the corner. Thanks to everyone for being so
enthusiastic & patient. I promise it's worth the wait. In the meantime,
download the fully remastered version of the first After Dark from my
soundcloud. I blended it together at 5 am this morning. Enjoy!

Friday, September 21, 2012

The Elusive "Kill For Love" Repress Is Now Back In Stock. We Pressed Another 5,000 Copies On Rush From The Plant...They Rushed So Fast That They Pressed Them On Magenta. Remember, This Pressing Was Supposed To Be On Icey Blue Transparent Vinyl. Outer Package Sticker Says "Icey Blue Vinyl", But The Records Are In Fact Magenta. We'll Fix It On The Next Pressing. We Also Pressed 1,000 More "Night Drive" Records For Mailorder Only. This Time On Electric Lavender Vinyl. Symmetry's "Themes For An Imaginary Film" Is Back In Stock Today As Well. In It's Third Pressing On Black Vinyl...This Record Keeps Gaining Momentum. Glass Candy & Desire 12"s Are Soon To Be Extinct Forever...Thanks To Everyone Who Was Patient While We Made More Of These, & Get Them While You Can...They Are Flying Out Of The Store Today.

Johnny Jewel Stopped By Making Time's Radio Trailer On Sunday After Chromatics Saturday Night Performance At FYF & Before Glass Candy's Now Infamous Gig That Night. He Played A Handfull Of His Favorite Sunday Morning Tracks Including An Unreleased Farah Cover Of Sonic Youth's "Shadow Of A Doubt". Tim Thaler, Symmetry, Trisomie 21, Komeda, Tangerine Dream, Nico...

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Chromatics & Glass Candy just dropped off the leftovers from their personal stash of shirts and vinyls after FYF this weekend. Quantities are incredibly low. These are not the represses...Chromatics was saving copies for their friends but decided to make them available for mail order for those of who can't wait for the repress. Here's the list:

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Don't Miss The Chance To See Our Two Favorite Bands Live This Weekend On The West Coast. They Will Have A Ton Of Italians Do It Better Records & T Shirts At Their Merch Table. These Are The Two Last Glass Candy Shows Of 2012.